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皿

mǐn

Character

What 皿 means

1. bound formdish; vessel; shallow container
2. radical no. 108

Words containing 皿

• 器皿qì mǐnhousehold utensils
• 培养皿péi yǎng mǐnPetri dish
• 美耐皿měi nài mǐn(Taiwan; loanword) melamine

Characters that look like 皿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 双shuāngtwo; double; pair
• 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
• 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新; former
• 劝quànto advise; to urge; to try to persuade

Sounds the same

Read mǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敏(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 抿to smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
• 闽short name for Fujian 福建; also pr. Mín
• 泯(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
• 悯to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
• 敃strong; robust; vigorous
• 湣(ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs); old variant of 悯
• 刡to scrape; to pare
• 慜clever; old variant of 愍
• 鳘cod
• 黾to strive
• 忞ancient variant of 暋